Non-fiction I read in 2009
07/01/10 17:48
A list of non-fiction books I read in 2009:
ON WRITING
1. Professors as Writers, Robert Boice
2. Getting is Published, Germano
3. How to write a book proposal, Michael Larsen
4. Non-fiction book proposals anybody can write, Elizabeth Lyon
5. Writing the Breakout Novel,
6. How to write for a general audience, Kendal-Tackett
7. How to write a lot, Silvia
8. How to write a damn good nove, James Frey
9. Writing the breakout novel, Donald Maas
PHILOSOPHY/SCIENCE
1. A Tolerable Anarchy, Perdy
2. Dependent Rational Animals, MacIntyre
3. Becoming Human, Tattersall
4. Our Practices, Our selves, May
I read parts of this book:
1. God, Philosophy, Universities, MacIntyre
I read more than I thought in non-fiction, but most of it dealt with writing. I need to read more philosophy and do more writing. Here's to 2010.
ON WRITING
1. Professors as Writers, Robert Boice
2. Getting is Published, Germano
3. How to write a book proposal, Michael Larsen
4. Non-fiction book proposals anybody can write, Elizabeth Lyon
5. Writing the Breakout Novel,
6. How to write for a general audience, Kendal-Tackett
7. How to write a lot, Silvia
8. How to write a damn good nove, James Frey
9. Writing the breakout novel, Donald Maas
PHILOSOPHY/SCIENCE
1. A Tolerable Anarchy, Perdy
2. Dependent Rational Animals, MacIntyre
3. Becoming Human, Tattersall
4. Our Practices, Our selves, May
I read parts of this book:
1. God, Philosophy, Universities, MacIntyre
I read more than I thought in non-fiction, but most of it dealt with writing. I need to read more philosophy and do more writing. Here's to 2010.
Problems for Human Nature
09/07/09 23:13
Here are some problems I've decided a book on human
nature needs to address. What do you think? Can you
think of others?
Problem: What is the good life for human beings? What is human nature such that it provides a key for overcoming the modern loss of freedom, of ends, and of meaning, and provides a recipe for a just society for the expansion of humanity? What understanding of ourselves will return us to a balance between the drive for self-preservation and the pull of an objective reality?
Problem: What is the good life for human beings? What is human nature such that it provides a key for overcoming the modern loss of freedom, of ends, and of meaning, and provides a recipe for a just society for the expansion of humanity? What understanding of ourselves will return us to a balance between the drive for self-preservation and the pull of an objective reality?